[A. Receive a report and hold a discussion regarding the Denton County Transportation Authority (DCTA) quarterly update. [Estimated Presentation/Discussion Time: 1 hour]]

THE CITY MANAGER, MR. SUPERINTENDENT, ANYTHING TO START OFF WITH OPENING STATEMENTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? SURE. READY? OH, GOOD.

OKAY. GOOD MEETING FOR YOU TODAY.

YES. EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT.

WELL, BUT LET'S DO THIS TO POINT THIS OUT.

SO WE HAVE. SO WE HAD A WORLD SERIES CHAMPION THAT WENT TO WHERE GUYER? IS THAT RIGHT? ASSOCIATED WITH GUYER.

JACKSON. RUTHERFORD.

HE'S ASSOCIATED WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOL.

AND HIS MOM IS A LONGTIME PTA MEMBER, JENNY MABRY.

EXCELLENT. SHE'S AN ACTRESS, TOO, WHICH IS KIND OF INTERESTING, BUT, MAN, JACKSON WEATHERFORD AND STATE CHAMPION WITH WITH MACY WEINGARD CROSS COUNTRY THIS LAST WEEK.

SHE'S JUST A SOPHOMORE, SO WE EXPECT A COUPLE MORE.

WOW. SO EXCITING TIMES FOR THAT AS WELL.

EXCELLENT. AND THEN THREE TEAMS IN THE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.

GUYER WELL BRONCOS BRONZE HOSTING LIONS HOSTING SAGE COLLINS.

SO YOU GUYS COME OUT AND WATCH THEM PLAY AGAINST LAKEVILLE.

OKAY. SO IT'S GETTING THERE FRIDAY NIGHT.

AND THEY ARE IN COLLEGE. YEAH YEAH.

AND THEN GUYER IS PLAYING COPPELL AT COPPELL.

SO IT'S BUSY.

BUT OF ALL THE THINGS IF ANYONE HERE GETS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO SEE THE MUSICAL AT GUYER THIS WEEK, IT'S LAST WEEK, AND THIS WEEK IT'LL BE YOUR LEAST EXPENSIVE TICKET FOR THE MOST PROFESSIONAL SHOW YOU WILL EVER BE A PART OF.

IT'S FANTASTIC.

IT'S THE SHOW. IT'S A DIFFERENT.

IT'S A WEIRD NAME.

IT IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD.

SUZANNE WILL LOOKED IT UP FOR US. OKAY.

WE'LL LET YOU KNOW, BEFORE YOU LEAVE. YEAH.

ONE THAT WAS FAMILIAR TO ME.

THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, LIKE, IF IT WAS MAMMA MIA, WE WOULD KNOW.

RIGHT, RIGHT. AND WHEN WE GO.

YEAH. WELL, I WANTED TO START OFF WITH THOSE THINGS SO THAT THOSE THAT ARE WATCHING POTENTIALLY, OR WE CAN SHARE THE LINK OUT.

BUT CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THOSE AND THANK YOU FOR THE TIP FOR A DATE NIGHT THIS WEEK.

I'M TELLING YOU, IT STARTS THURSDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY A COUPLE OF DAYS.

IT'S REALLY GOOD.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY. SO NOW WE'LL TAKE US TO OUR FIRST ITEM.

ITEM A ID 231731, RECEIVE REPORT, HOLD DISCUSSION, GIVE STAFF DIRECTION, REGARDING AN UPDATE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF EDUCATION CODE SECTION 37.081, ARMED SECURITY OFFICERS REQUIRED.

OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON.

SORRY. MORNING STILL, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, MR. MAYOR AND DISD SCHOOL BOARD.

WE HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION FOR YOU TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF HOUSE BILL THREE, WHICH, AS WE ALL KNOW, DEALT WITH SECURITY AND POLICING WITHIN THE SCHOOLS ON A STATEWIDE LEVEL AND EXACTLY WHAT THAT WOULD AFFECT HOW WE DO WHAT WE DO CURRENTLY WITH OUR SROS AND PLANS FOR DISD.

SO TODAY ON THE PRESENTATION IS OUR DEPUTY CHIEF IN CHARGE OF SERVICES THAT HAS OVERSIGHT OF ALL THINGS SRO AND DISD FROM THE DENTON POLICE DEPARTMENT STANDPOINT, DEPUTY CHIEF DERRICK BRADFORD.

AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DEREK.

AND WE ALSO, OF COURSE, HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THIS.

AS A SIDE NOTE, FOR SEVERAL MONTHS WITH OUR PARTNERS AT DISD, DR.

WILSON AND YOUR STAFF HAVE BEEN VERY ACCOMMODATING, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT PARTNERSHIP AND THAT CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP.

SO WE'RE HERE FOR QUESTIONS.

WE'LL DO A BRIEF PRESENTATION AND LOOK FORWARD TO IT.

SO CHIEF.

GOOD MORNING ALL. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US OUT.

IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TO SPEAK WITH YOU.

AS CHIEF MENTIONED, HOUSE BILL THREE WAS A LOT OF LEGISLATION DEALING WITH SCHOOL SECURITY.

TODAY WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER VERY SPECIFIC THINGS REGARDING ARMED SECURITY ON CAMPUS.

THAT'S THE PROVISION OF THE LAW THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT.

OVERVIEW TODAY, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE LAW.

THEN WE WILL TALK ABOUT OUR PLAN TO INCORPORATE AN INTER-LOCAL CONTRACT VIA AN MOU TO IMPLEMENT THIS PLAN WITHIN ISD AND PARTNERSHIP WITH DENTON PD, AND PROVIDE YOU WITH A PROPOSED KIND OF TIMELINE OF HOW WE ENVISION THAT THAT'S GOING TO COME.

SO THE LAW IN HOUSE BILL THREE, AS IT RELATES TO MEASURES OF SCHOOL SAFETY, WENT INTO EFFECT ON SEPTEMBER 1ST.

AGAIN, LEGISLATION WAS SWEEPING AND HAD LOTS OF THINGS AND MULTIFACETED STUFF TO DO WITH SAFETY.

TODAY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PROVISION THAT REQUIRES, BY STATE LAW, AN ARMED SECURITY PERSONNEL ON EACH SCHOOL CAMPUS.

THE STATE LEGISLATORS PUT OUT THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD AND IN THIS CASE, THE DENTON ISD SCHOOL BOARD SHALL DETERMINE THE NECESSARY AMOUNT OF THE ARMED SCHOOL SAFETY OFFICERS,

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BUT AT LEAST ONE MUST BE ON EACH CAMPUS.

WELL, AS ALL OF YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE OUR ARMED SROS ON THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES.

THE DENTON PD PROVIDES TO DENTON ISD VIA THAT MOU.

SO HOW DOES THAT AFFECT THAT RELATIONSHIP? WELL, THEY OUTLINE SECURITY OFFICER THAT THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS.

THE FIRST ONE IS IT MUST BE A PEACE OFFICER.

SO ANY OF OUR SROS THAT ARE ON CAMPUS IS ALREADY MEET THAT REQUIREMENT.

THE OTHER ONES ARE A SCHOOL MARSHAL PROGRAM.

YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ABOUT SOME OF THAT IN THE NEWS.

IT'S A SPECIFIC TRAINING THAT THE SCHOOL MARSHAL PROGRAM EXISTS TO BE A TCOLE, WHICH IS OUR STATE LICENSING AGENCY.

TEXAS COMMISSION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT.

IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT, THINK OF IT AS TEA IN THE SCHOOL SETTING.

AS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WITH TCOLE, THEY GIVE US THE CREDENTIALS AND THE SPECIFICS THAT YOU NEED TO HOLD A LICENSED POLICE OFFICER.

THEY HAVE A TCOLE HAS CREATED A PROGRAM WITH SCHOOL MARSHALS THAT YOU WOULD EMPLOY A SCHOOL MARSHAL TO GO THROUGH A SPECIFIC TRAINING AND BE ON CAMPUS.

OR THE OTHER OPTION WAS ANY DISTRICT EMPLOYEE WITH TRAINING COULD CARRY A FIREARM IN YOUR ARM.

THE OPTION THAT DENTON ISD AND DENTON PD IN CONJUNCTION WOULD LIKE TO GO WITH TOGETHER IS A PEACE OFFICER.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY.

IMPLEMENTING THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE ENTERING INTO AN INTERLOCAL COOPERATION CONTRACT VIA A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN DENTON ISD AND DENTON PD TO ASSIST WITH PROVIDING PEACE OFFICERS ON CAMPUS.

TCOLE RECENTLY MADE A CHANGE WHERE INDIVIDUALS CAN BE LICENSED TO BE PEACE OFFICERS WITHOUT BEING COMMISSIONED PEACE OFFICERS.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS I, AS A TEACHER AND LICENSED TO GO TEACH AT ANY SCHOOL WHEN THEY HIRE ME, I'M NOW TEACHING FOR THAT SCHOOL.

THE SAME IS NOW TRUE WITH PEACE OFFICERS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE ATTACHED AND COMMISSIONED WITH A SPECIFIC DEPARTMENT, BUT YOU STILL HOLD ALL THE SAME CREDENTIALS THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO BE A PEACE OFFICER AT AN AGENCY.

SO OUR PLAN IS TO ALLOW DENTON ISD TO HIRE SCHOOL SECURITY OFFICERS.

THAT WOULD BE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE LICENSED TO BE PEACE OFFICERS.

THE TARGET MARKET RIGHT NOW IS SOMEONE WHO HAS PROBABLY SPENT A FEW YEARS AND IS NOW A RETIRED PEACE OFFICER, AND THEY WOULD HOLD THE RESPONSIBILITY WITHIN ISD TO BE THAT ARMED PEACE OFFICER ON CAMPUS.

THEY'RE NOT A DENTON POLICE OFFICER, BUT THEY HOLD A PEACE OFFICER LICENSE.

WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE IS THAT DENTON ISD IS GOING TO BE THE HIRING AGENCY.

SO ALL FACETS OF EMPLOYER TO EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIP IS HANDLED AT THE DENTON ISD LEVEL.

WHAT WE ENVISION IS THAT DENTON PD WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT AND TRAINING TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS VIA THE ONGOING TRAINING THAT'S REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN THEIR LICENSURE, WHICH WAS ALSO UPDATED BY TCOLE RECENTLY TO INCLUDE SEVERAL DIFFERENT CLASSES, INCLUDING ALERT TRAINING.

IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH ACTIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT, RAPID RESPONSE TRAINING, ACTIVE SHOOTER RESPONSE, ETCETERA.

THAT'S AN ONGOING TRAINING NOT REQUIRED FOR EVERY PEACE OFFICER IN TEXAS.

SO THAT'S WHERE DENTON PD COMES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DENTON ISD TO PROVIDE THAT TCOLE MANDATED TRAINING IN THIS INTERLOCAL COOPERATION CONTRACT, WE'RE GOING TO AGREE TO PROVIDE ALL THAT TCOLE MANDATED TRAINING TO DENTON ISD SCHOOL SECURITY OFFICERS.

JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT, BECAUSE I KNOW I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN IN THIS ROOM, I THINK LAST YEAR TALKING WITH FOLKS ABOUT IF A LAW ENFORCEMENT EVENT WERE TO HAPPEN, WHO'S IN CHARGE WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOWS UP AT SCHOOLS INSIDE THIS INTERLOCAL CONTRACT, IT WILL STATE THAT ANY CRIMINAL RESPONSE IF DENTON PD SHOWS UP AND IT'S DENTON PD IS JURISDICTION WILL RESIDE WITH DENTON PD.

THE SCHOOL SAFETY OFFICER IS THERE TO [INAUDIBLE] EXCUSE ME, SECURITY OFFICER IS THERE TO MAINTAIN SAFETY AND SECURITY.

AND IF AN EVENT WERE TO HAPPEN, THEY WOULD TAKE ACTION.

BUT ONCE THE PD ARRIVES ON SCENE, IT'S NOW A CRIMINAL RESPONSE HANDLED BY DIFFERENT POLICE OFFICERS.

SO THE TIMELINE THAT WE'RE PROPOSED AS DENTON ISD ACTUALLY MADE AN OFFER TO HIRE A CIVILIAN DIRECTOR OF SAFETY AND SECURITY.

AND SO GOING FORTH, WE'D LIKE TO CREATE THAT POLICY AND PROCEDURE WITH THE INTERLOCAL CONTRACT.

AND THEIR DIRECTOR OF SAFETY AND SECURITY WORKS ON THEIR OWN IN-HOUSE PROCEDURES AND POLICIES, UNIFORMS, ALL THE MINUTIA OF A NEW PROGRAM.

ET CETERA. ALL THROUGH NOVEMBER, EVENTUALLY HIRING SOME SSO'S TO COME ON BOARD WITH DENTON ISD IN DECEMBER, LOOKING TO GET THE MOU APPROVED BY BOTH ENTITIES HERE IN DECEMBER AS WELL.

THEN ALL THROUGH DECEMBER, EARLY JANUARY WOULD BE MAKING SURE THAT THE SCHOOL SECURITY OFFICERS ARE TRAINED AND READY TO GO TO BE ON CAMPUS, AND DENTON ISD WOULD DECIDE WHERE THEY WOULD IMPLEMENT THOSE THAT GET HIRED ON FIRST.

THAT'S GOING TO BE A PLAN THAT THEY'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH IN-HOUSE, BUT THEY WOULD BE ON CAMPUSES COMING JANUARY.

AND THEN AS WE MOVE INTO THE REST OF THE YEAR, FEBRUARY, DENTON ISD, DENTON PD WOULD GET TOGETHER AND ACTUALLY WORK OUT WHAT THE ONGOING TRAINING WOULD LOOK LIKE FROM THIS POINT FORWARD AND DISCUSS HOW THAT'S GOING TO MERGE TOGETHER AND WHAT TRAININGS THEY'D BE BROUGHT IN, ETCETERA.

AND THEN MOVING FORWARD AFTER THAT, WE CONTINUALLY REASSESS THAT RELATIONSHIP AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS GETTING WHAT THEY NEED OUT OF IT.

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IF THEY'RE RECEIVING THE TRAINING, THE SCHOOL SAFETY, SCHOOL SECURITY OFFICERS RECEIVING THEIR TRAINING THEY NEED, ET CETERA.

SO WITH ALL THAT IN MIND, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE THREE QUESTIONS? FIRST, DR.

MELTZER. THANK YOU. WILL THERE BE ANY KIND OF A MATRIXED REPORTING STRUCTURE FOR THE SCHOOL SECURITY OFFICERS WITH THE SROS? AND THE REASON I'M ASKING IS I'M SO IMPRESSED WITH YOUR CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY.

WE LEARNED ABOUT THE SROS BECOME REALLY CARING ROLE MODELS JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE, BY THEIR NATURE, JUST SERVICE ORIENTED INDIVIDUALS.

SO I'D LOVE TO SEE A CULTURE THAT THEY'VE DEVELOPED, HOW TO BE THAT PRESENCE IN THE SCHOOL SHARED WITH THIS NEW GROUP.

SO WOULD THEY IN ANY WAY BE PART OF A SHARED MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE? THE INITIAL RESPONSE IS NO AS FAR AS EMPLOYEE EMPLOYER RELATIONSHIP.

THE SSOS WOULD REPORT DIRECTLY TO THE DIRECTOR OF SAFETY AND SECURITY AT DENTON ISD AND WHATEVER MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE THEY WOULD SET UP.

THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT PART OF THAT ONGOING TRAINING MIGHT BE COMMUNICATION WITH SROS TO DEVELOP SOME SORT OF MENTORSHIP ASPECT OF EDUCATION FOR THEM.

BUT AS FAR AS REPORTING TO THE SROS OR IN THE CHAIN OF COMMAND WITHIN PD, THE ANSWER IS NO.

COUNCILMAN [INAUDIBLE]. THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION.

IT'S VERY HELPFUL, I GUESS, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OVER THE YEARS, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT SEEMS LIKE THE CITY OF DENTON PROVIDES THE CURRENT SROS AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS SUBSIDIZE OR REIMBURSES THE CITY FOR SOME OF THAT COST.

I DON'T THINK IT'S 100% OF THE COST YET.

IS THAT CORRECT? I DON'T THINK IT IS. I THINK IT'S FOR THE TEN MONTHS WHERE WE USE THEM.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. BUT SO YOU'RE COVERING THE COST FOR THE TIME THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY IN.

OKAY. AND SOME TRAINING BUT AND SOME TRAINING.

SO WHAT I GUESS THE TRAINING THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR THESE NEW HIRES FOR THE EISD IS THAT TRAINING THAT WE'RE PROVIDING.

IS THAT PART OF THE MOU, THEN THERE WOULD BE SOME KIND OF COST REIMBURSEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, I PRESUME.

CORRECT. WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE DOCUMENT ITSELF, I BELIEVE IT SAYS THAT WE WILL PROVIDE THE TRAINING MOST OFTEN.

WE ARE ALREADY HOSTING THAT TRAINING FOR OUR OWN OFFICERS.

THAT'S REQUIRED. SO IT'S AS EASY AS PLUGGING THEM IN.

AND THE COST ASSOCIATED WOULD BE NOMINAL LIKE SIMUNITION ROUNDS FOR ACTIVE SHOOTER RESPONSES, ETCETERA.

I'LL JUMP IN AS WELL COUNCILMEMBER.

YEAH, SO SHORT ANSWER IS WE WON'T BE BILLING DISD FOR THE TRAINING.

THAT'S PART OF SORT OF JUST THE WORKING RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH DISD, SO THEY'LL BE INCLUDED IN OUR SPECIFIC TRAINING.

SO WE HAVE THAT OVERLAP OF TRAINING.

SO EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE AS TO RESPONSE HOW TO DO THIS AND THAT SHOULD THE THING HAPPEN, LEAD TO A MUCH BETTER OUTCOME BECAUSE OF THAT.

SO WE WANT THAT PARTNERSHIP JUST AS MUCH.

IT BENEFITS US, IT BENEFITS THE CITY.

IT BENEFITS CERTAINLY OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IF WE DO THAT.

SO THAT'S OUR WAY OF WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A CHALLENGE WITH THE LEGISLATION IN TERMS OF SOME FUNDING POTENTIALLY.

SO THIS IS OUR WAY OF JUST BEING GOOD PARTNERS WITH DISD AND WORKING FORWARD.

SO I GUESS AND I'VE HAD THIS QUESTION EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN IN ELECTED OFFICE, IS THERE AT SOME POINT DISD HAS A GOAL TO HAVE THEIR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT? I MEAN, OR IS IT ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT THE CITY? BECAUSE NOW, RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE HAVING IS IT'S BEING BIFURCATED.

YOU'RE HAVING SOME LICENSED PEACE OFFICERS FOR THIS NEW LEGISLATION, NEW LEGISLATION.

AND THEN WE HAVE SOME THAT ARE DENTON POLICE OFFICERS.

AND AS YOU BUILD NEW SCHOOLS, WHICH ONE IS GOING TO APPLY? WILL YOU BE HIRING NEW PEOPLE ACCORDING TO THIS PLAN FOR EACH NEW SCHOOL? THIS BILL, IS THAT RIGHT? SO LET ME I THINK I CAN CLEAR UP PART OF THAT.

YEAH. THE SCHOOL SECURITY OFFICERS HAVE ONE FUNCTION, RIGHT.

SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE SCHOOL.

RIGHT. THEY'RE NOT ENFORCING CRIMINAL LAW.

RIGHT. THEY'RE NOT ARRESTING PEOPLE.

THEY'RE NOT INVOLVED IN ANY OF THOSE THINGS.

ANY CRIME WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY IS GOING TO BE HANDLED BY THE DENTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, OF COURSE, WHETHER IT'S AT A SCHOOL OR ANYPLACE ELSE.

NOW, AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE STUDENT RESOURCE OFFICERS, THEY'RE PROVIDING SAFETY AND SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS.

CURRENTLY, THE CURRENT ARRANGEMENT, THEY'RE NOT JUST SAFETY AND SECURITY FOR SECURITY PURPOSES.

SO OKAY, SO IF IT'S A MIDDLE SCHOOL OR HIGH SCHOOL, IT'S BUILT IN THE CITY OF DENTON WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SAME THING WE'VE BEEN DOING.

WITH STUDENT RESOURCE OFFICERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, SAFETY SECURITY, CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.

IF IT'S AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE CITY OF DENTON, IT'LL GET A SAFETY AND SECURITY OFFICER WHO IS A LICENSED PEACE OFFICER.

THAT THE DECISION WE MADE, WE COULD HAVE HAD ANY ANY PERSON.

SERVE IN THIS ROLE IS A SAFETY AND SECURITY OFFICER.

WE FELT LIKE THIS COMMUNITY DESERVED TO HAVE SOMEONE WHO WAS TRAINED.

SOMEONE WHO HAD BACKGROUND.

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SOMEONE WHO HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE DEVELOPMENT IN RELATIONSHIP THAN A ARMED SECURITY GUARD COMPANY.

RIGHT. IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE LOOKING AT RETIRED PEACE OFFICERS, PEOPLE THAT RETIRE FROM THE DENTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, PEOPLE THAT RETIRE FROM CITY OF DENTON.

CITY CURRENT, WHEREVER THEY HAPPEN TO RETIRE FROM, IS THE EMPLOYEE BASE FOR THESE PEOPLE, SO THAT WE GET A HUGE BACKGROUND OF INFORMATION AND WORK IN COVERAGE, THEY'RE A HIGHER QUALITY.

THE STATE LEGISLATURE GAVE US $15,000 ON CAMPUS.

THIS IS GOING TO COST 65.

RIGHT. AND THEY SAID, THIS IS THE LAW, YOU HAVE TO DO IT.

SO WHENEVER WE PUT THE PENCIL TO IT, WE'RE WE'RE ABOUT ALMOST $4 MILLION UNDERFUNDED TO MEET THIS STATUTORY REQUIREMENT.

BUT WE DON'T NEED TO DO THAT AT THE EXPENSE OF NOT HAVING THE MOST HIGHLY QUALIFIED PERSON PROVIDE SAFETY AND SECURITY TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SO GO AHEAD.

WELL, MY ORIGINAL QUESTION WAS, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ANSWERED IT.

AND THAT IS THERE'S NOT REALLY A POLICY MOVING FORWARD OF THE DISD HAVING THEIR OWN, AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT SECURITY OFFICERS LIKE THEY'RE DESCRIBING HERE. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, SOME INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE THEIR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT.

IF YOU READ THE UVALDE REPORT, THEY WILL TELL YOU THE BIGGEST, ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO THE ISSUES THAT UVALDE WASN'T UVALDE HAD ITS OWN DEPARTMENT.

THE UVALDE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT HAD ITS OWN AND ITS OWN DEPARTMENT.

OKAY. THE CHAIN OF COMMAND, THE THE ACTUAL PEACE IN OUR CITY, WE'VE GOT TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS POLICE DEPARTMENT, CITY OF DENTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE POLICE DEPARTMENT, SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

THERE'S A LOT OF OVERLAP IN ALL OF THAT.

AND OUR STUDENTS ARE CITIZENS OF THE COMMUNITY, TOO, RIGHT? I MEAN, THEY'RE ALL IN THERE TOGETHER.

SOME SCHOOLS HAVE MADE THE DECISION TO GET THEIR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND IT'S BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE GREAT WORKING RELATIONS WITH THEIR CITIES LIKE WE DO.

MOST SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN OUR COUNTY THAT HAVE THEIR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT DON'T HAVE THE SAME RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR CITIES THAT WE DO TO HAVE THAT THAT RECIPROCAL PEACE.

GO BACK AND FORTH ABOUT STUDENT RESOURCES AT THE SCHOOL, RESOURCE OFFICER AT THE SCHOOL, HELP US IN THE COMMUNITY.

RIGHT. ALL THE WAY THROUGH, ALL THE WAY AROUND.

SO WHAT WE HAD TO WORK ON HERE FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S PERSPECTIVE.

AND CHIEF AND I TALKED A LOT ABOUT THIS FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY PERSPECTIVE, CHIEF DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T HIGHLY QUALIFIED.

AND AND THAT COULD BE TROUBLESOME FOR OUR PD OFFICERS TO SHOW UP IF THE THING HAPPENS.

SO THEN WHY DON'T YOU, IF THAT'S THE CASE, SO YOU'VE ANSWERED THE QUESTION AS FAR AS MOVING FORWARD THAT THE DENTON POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THOSE SECURITY SERVICES FOR SROS, AND THEN DISD WILL REIMBURSE THE CITY FOR THE COSTS OF THOSE SERVICES THROUGH THE TEN MONTHS THAT THEY'RE PROVIDED.

SO THEN YOU'RE SAYING THAT 65,000 A CAMPUS TO PROVIDE THESE PEOPLE WHO AREN'T THEY'RE LICENSED PEACE OFFICERS, BUT THEY'RE NOT..

COMMISSIONED. SO WHAT WHAT IS IT COSTING, THEN, IF WE PROVIDE AN OFFICER? BECAUSE IF WE'RE PROVIDING AN OFFICER FOR 70,000 AND YOU'RE HIRING SOMEONE FOR, I GUESS, WHAT'S THE ADVANTAGE OF GOING THIS ROUTE OR GOING THE ROUTE OF HAVING OTHER POLICE PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY LICENSED DENTON POLICE OFFICERS ON ON THE CAMPUS? I'LL TAKE A STAB. I'LL LET YOU TAKE IT.

YOU'RE ALREADY SHORT OFFICERS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT ALREADY.

WE'RE LOOKING TO GROW THE EMPLOYEE BASE AND RESOURCE BY WHICH WE CAN RECRUIT PEOPLE TO DO OKAY.

AND IT'S GOT TO DO WITH HUMAN CAPITAL.

OUR SMALLER MUNICIPALITIES.

LITTLE ELM, CORINTH AND AUBREY, THEY ARE NOT SHORT OFFICERS.

THEY HAVE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS.

IT'S DIFFERENT KINDS OF THINGS THAT PLAY TO THAT.

SO WE ARE ENTERING INTO THOSE AGREEMENTS WITH THEM.

RIGHT. OKAY. SO FOR US IN THE CITY OF DENTON.

WE JUST FELT LIKE IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE NOT TRY TO RECRUIT FROM EACH OTHER.

LIKE IF WE WOULD HAVE GOT OUR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE'RE TRYING TO KNOW THAT THAT ISSUE, WE PUT THAT TO REST.

SO THEN THE NEXT PART OF IT IS HOW DO WE GET THE BEST PERSON RIGHT? HOW DO, HOW DOES SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR 20 PLUS YEARS POSSIBLY RETIRE AND CAN GO WORK AT A SCHOOL FROM 7 TO 4 EVERY DAY AND BE SECURITY AND ARMED AND HAVE 20 PLUS YEARS OF TRAINING IN THE BACKGROUND AND DO THE UPDATES.

CHIEF YOU WANT TO TAKE ANYTHING ELSE? SO THESE ARE THE. SO LET ME JUST SO THE PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE HIRING ARE NOT PEOPLE.

THAT WOULD BE WE WOULD BE HIRING AS POLICE OFFICERS IF THEY'RE RETIRED.

IF THERE IS THAT I MEAN, IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON WHAT DR.

WILSON SAID. QUITE FRANKLY, OUR STAFFING LEVELS HAVE AND WILL BE FOR SOME TIME NOT ABLE TO FILL ALL THE SPECIALTY ASSIGNMENTS THAT WE HAVE UNTIL WE UNTIL WE STAFF OUT

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APPROPRIATELY. SO WE BALANCE THAT WITH THE AGREEMENT.

AND WE'VE SAID MANY, MANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS AS WELL AS WITH THE BOARD TO SAY, LOOK, WE VALUE THE RELATIONSHIP.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WHAT WE'RE DOING.

THIS IS A GOOD ALTERNATIVE THAT WE'VE ALL AGREED ON THAT WE THINK IS EFFECTIVE.

AND I WOULD I WOULD DOUBLE DOWN ON WHAT DR.

WILSON SAID ABOUT WE DON'T WANT YOUR EVERYDAY, RUN OF THE MILL PERSON WITH A GUN BEING IN CHARGE OF SAFETY AND SECURITY.

THAT'S JUST NOT OH, NO, I'M NOT SAYING THAT.

I'M JUST SAYING IF YOU'RE HIRING SOMEBODY THAT YOU'RE PAYING 65 OR $70,000 FOR, THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE DOING THE THINGS AND CAN'T DO THE THINGS THAT A DENTON DENTON POLICE OFFICER CAN DO. SURE.

BUT IF YOU'RE SAYING SO, THAT JUST BRINGS ME TO THE POINT.

THEN THEN THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO LOOK AT AND CONTINUATION WITH THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL BOARD TO SAY, HEY.

IF WE'RE SURE, AND IF WE AND WE WANT TO PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE PUBLIC SAFETY MEASURES IN OUR SCHOOLS.

AND IF WE'RE FROM A CITY PERSPECTIVE, WE CAN'T HIRE AND FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE OF HOW MUCH IS IT COSTING? WELL, THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE.

SAY IF WE'RE SHORT ON POLICE OFFICERS, WHETHER THEY'RE IN THE SCHOOLS ARE IN THE CITY, WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT.

AND SO IF I IF I MAY, AS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION ON THAT.

SO WE'VE HAD WE'RE BLESSED.

I THINK WE'VE HAD COUNCIL BACK IN ON HIRING NEW OFFICERS.

AND SO THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE.

RIGHT. KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS HOUSE BILL PASSED VERY QUICKLY AND THE IMPLEMENTATION WAS NOT SO LONG AGO.

VERY, VERY QUICKLY. BUT THEY SHALL SORT OF DO IT.

AND WITH THAT COMES WHENEVER WE HIRE A PEACE OFFICER.

THERE'S A LENGTHY PROCESS OF THE APPLICATION.

THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH TESTING, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN ACADEMY, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH FIELD TRAINING.

AND SO YOU'RE TALKING CLOSE TO A YEAR BEFORE THAT OFFICER EVEN COMES OUT.

SO THE DELAY ON THAT IS REALLY SIGNIFICANT.

OUR CALLS FOR SERVICE ARE CONTINUING TO INCREASE AS THE CITY GROWS.

SO WE HAVE TO BALANCE THAT OUT AS A WHOLE WITHIN THE CITY ITSELF.

SO I DON'T WANT ANY OF YOU ALL TO FEEL LIKE THERE'S NO SUPPORT FELT BY US.

QUITE THE OPPOSITE. OH NO. WE JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO RECRUIT THE RIGHT PEOPLE FOR THE JOB.

OKAY, WELL. AND THE TIMING IS THE THING THAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE TO ME.

BECAUSE IN THE END, IF WE WANT THAT MAXIMUM PROTECTION, I THINK WE NEED TO START TALKING ABOUT AND THINKING ABOUT THAT THIS IS POSSIBLY A TRANSITION PERIOD THAT IF WE NEED TO GET, YOU KNOW, UNLESS YOU JUST THINK THAT IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THERE'S NOT THAT MANY.

WELL, THAT'S KIND OF HERE'S IF YOU IF YOU TALK TO MANY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ACROSS THE STATE, THEY WOULD THEY WOULD QUITE OFTEN TELL YOU PART OF THE ISSUE WITH INDIVIDUAL DISTRICT POLICE DEPARTMENTS IS YOU TAKE CERTIFIED COMMISSIONED POLICE OFFICERS THAT WANT TO WORK IN A POLICE DEPARTMENT INTO A SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICE DEPARTMENT WHEN CITIES ARE SHORT, RIGHT.

THIS LAW WENT INTO EFFECT SEPTEMBER 1ST, WHICH AFFECTED OVER 1056 SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

THAT ALL HAD TO GET INTO SOME KIND OF SOME KIND OF COMPLIANCE.

AND SO WHAT THE CITY OF DENVER POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS MASTERING WAS MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER WE DO IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE VALUE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE HAVE THE HIGHEST QUALITY POSSIBLE.

SO IN THE EVENT THAT THE THING HAPPENS, WE KNOW EXACTLY WHO, WHERE, HOW, WHY, WHAT, AND WE HAVE OUR HAND ON THAT.

AND IT'S, IT'S A THERE'S A HUMAN CAPITAL PIECE.

RIGHT. THERE'S ALSO AND WE THINK THIS IS GOING TO WORK FOR US.

WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO FIND THE PEOPLE I DON'T KNOW.

RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT OUT THERE AND SEE WHAT WE GET.

WE KNOW HOW MANY APPLICANTS I GOT FOR $15,000 A YEAR WHEN I POSTED IT FOR THAT, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE MINIMUM WAGE, WHICH WAS ONE WHO I HAD ONE APPLICANT WHO COULDN'T PASS THE BACKGROUND CHECK.

RIGHT. SO THAT'S WHEN YOU SAY TO YOURSELF, LET'S WORK THROUGH THIS.

SO, YOU KNOW, FROM A SCHOOL DISTRICT'S PERSPECTIVE, I FULLY ANTICIPATED THAT THERE WOULD BE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES COME FORWARD TO HELP US PAY FOR THIS.

BUT WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SOON TO BE FOUR SPECIAL SESSION.

SO I APPRECIATE THE INFO.

THAT'S HELPFUL. THANK YOU. THAT'S GOOD OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO COUNCILMAN MCGEE BURTON AND COUNCILMAN HOLLAND.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WITHOUT RESTATING WHAT COUNCILMEMBER WATTS SAYS, I JUST WANT TO SAY I ABSOLUTELY AGREE.

I THINK THAT CONVERSATION NEEDS TO BE HAD IN BUDGET TIME.

SO I'LL JUST ASK ONE QUESTION.

IS THIS WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN DENTON? IS THAT GOING TO BE CONSISTENT WITH ALL THE 18 CITIES THAT YOU SERVE? IT'S DIFFERENT. WAS IT DIFFERENT BASED OFF OF EVERY DIFFERENT CITY? IT'S DIFFERENT BASED ON VERY DIFFERENT CITY.

IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THEY DO IN THEIR CITY AS FAR AS HOW THEIR ARRANGEMENTS WORK WITH THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THEIR CITY, THEY'RE BEING CONSISTENT WITH THAT.

IF THEY PROVIDE STUDENT RESOURCE OFFICERS AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, AND THEN THEY'RE PROVIDING RESOURCE OFFICERS TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, BUT IT'S CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THEIR CITY IS DOING, RIGHT? SAME THING WITH CORINTH. IF CORINTH IS PROVIDING STUDENT RESOURCE OFFICERS AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN LAKE DALLAS, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE STUDENT RESOURCE OFFICERS, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AT HAWK.

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IT'S WHEN THEY'RE SMALLER, IT'S DIFFERENT.

THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT PIECES.

THERE ARE CALLS AREN'T THE SAME.

THEIR THEIR WORK LEVEL IS DIFFERENT.

IT'S A IT'S JUST DIFFERENT IN THOSE DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES.

DENTON COUNTY SHERIFF, YOU CAN'T FIND JAILERS.

YOU CAN'T FIND PEOPLE AS IT IS NOW.

SO OUR SCHOOLS THAT ARE SERVED BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, OFFICERS WILL WILL BE WORKING THROUGH SCHOOL SECURITY OFFICERS AND DOING IT WITH THAT PART.

AND IF I MAY JUST FINISH UP MR. MAYOR, I APPRECIATE THIS.

AGAIN, I'M GOING TO COSIGN THIS MADAM CITY MANAGER, I'M WITH CHRIS AND I'M VERY INTERESTED IN THAT CONVERSATION.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IF WHEN WE REVIEW OUR BUDGET, WHICH I KNOW WE'RE OPENING UP FTE FOR, I BELIEVE, FIVE OFFICERS A YEAR AS WE THE LAST JOINT MEETING WE HAD, WE LEARNED THAT WE'RE GOING TO DOUBLE IN SIZE IN 25 YEARS.

I'M VERY INTERESTED IN HAVING THAT CONVERSATION TO SEE IF GOING FORWARD, IF FIVE IS ENOUGH, IF WE HIRE AT A MORE OPEN UP, MORE FTES, AT A MORE AGGRESSIVE RATE FROM A POLICY STANDPOINT, I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT TO FIND THEM, BUT WE HAVE A JOB TO DO.

SO I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER WATTS FOR BRINGING THAT TO THE FLOOR.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCILMEMBER.

WELL I'M THINKING IN REGARDS TO NOT FINDING YOUR EMPLOYEES THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A LOT OF RETIRED PEOPLE LIKE ME, NOT NECESSARILY INTERESTED IN MESSING UP OUR SOCIAL SECURITY.

SO IF WE GO OUT AND ADD TOO MUCH TO THEIR ANOTHER WAGE, THAT'S GOING TO OFFSET THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY AND THEY DON'T GET THAT BACK, ONCE THEY MAKE THIS TRANSITION.

THEN AGAIN THE NEXT YEAR, THEY MAY NOT BE DOING THAT, THEN THUS THEY HAVE LOST THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY OR THEIR SOME TYPE OF PENSION.

YOU KNOW, THE WINDFALL PROFIT THING GOING ON THERE.

SO IN MY HEAD, I'M JUST AND WE CAN JUST PUT THIS ON THE TABLE AS WELL.

WE MAY WANT TO THINK ABOUT HIRING PEOPLE AT PART TIME.

AND THAT'S WHY THAT $15,000 KIND OF MAKE MORE SENSE TO ME THAN A FULL 65,000, $70,000 FOR SOMEONE THAT'S ALREADY RETIRED. THAT MIGHT BE WHERE THAT INTEREST IS LACKING THERE.

SO IF YOU ALL COULD GO BACK AND JUST KIND OF RESEARCH THAT I WOULD ASSUME THAT WE WOULD WANT TO DO THAT..

IF WHATEVER WE HAVE TO DO TO GET IT COVERED, WHETHER IT'S THREE PART TIME PEOPLE OR TWO PART TIME PEOPLE OR ONE FULL TIME PERSON, WE DON'T GET THE HOW.

YES, IT'S GOING TO IT'S GOING TO COST.

YEAH. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SAYING YOU'RE GOING TO GO WORK FOR A SCHOOL DISTRICT THESE DAYS, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IS A PRETTY THING.

I DISAGREE. I DO I DO DISAGREE WITH THAT.

I DISAGREE WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M A FORMER TEACHER.

PUSH IT BACK. PUSH IT BACK IN THIS BYRD.

I KNOW I AM PUSHING BACK ON THAT STATEMENT AS WELL, BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY NECESSARY.

AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, I ENJOYED MY TIME.

BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST OUT THERE IN THE WORLD HOW PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM.

THEY LOVE IT. THEY DO.

THEY LOVE IT. BUT IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, SOUND I DON'T KNOW, IT COULD JUST SOUND A LITTLE BIT MORE ATTRACTIVE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU ALL ARE PUTTING THAT OUT THERE.

I HAVEN'T SEEN THE RECRUITMENT MATERIALS OR WHAT HAVE YOU, BUT THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS THAT'S CROSSING MY MIND RIGHT NOW.

I WOULD CERTAINLY WANT TO DO THAT.

IF I WASN'T DOING THIS.

I'D PROBABLY STRAP ON MY LITTLE.

I'M JUST KIDDING. BUT THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

IS THERE NOT SOME DUPLICITY BETWEEN AN SRO AND AN SSO? THERE. THERE IS.

WITH ONE EXCEPTION. THE SCHOOL SECURITY OFFICERS ARE NOT GOING TO ENFORCE CRIMINAL LAW.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO ARREST PEOPLE.

THEY DON'T HAVE ARREST POWERS.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT. IF SOMETHING CRIMINAL HAPPENS AT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WE'RE CALLING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO WILL THAT PERSON PATROL THE GROUNDS, THE HALLS? THEY'RE GOING TO BE ARMED GUARD ON CAMPUS FOR SECURITY PURPOSES ONLY, NOT TO ENFORCE CRIMINAL LAWS.

I SEE. THOSE ARE THE DIFFERENCES, THAT BIFURCATES THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE STUDENT RESOURCE OFFICER AND A SCHOOL SECURITY OFFICER.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I JUST I HAVE ONE KIND OF HAND OFF QUESTION.

SO IN THIS I FULLY SUPPORT THIS.

I THINK THIS IS A GREAT SOLUTION TO A SOMETHING THAT DID COME DOWN THE PIPE REALLY FAST, BUT FROM A, FROM A KIND OF HOW IT'S GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED.

SO SROS ARE ON CAMPUS.

HEAVEN FORBID SOMETHING HAPPENS THAT SRO IS KIND OF THE POINT PERSON IS THAT.

AND THEN OTHER OFFICERS ARRIVE.

LET'S SAY THAT'S NEEDED, UNFORTUNATELY.

WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? IS THERE A HAND OFF OR DOES THAT PERSON I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT HAND OFF.

OBVIOUSLY IN THE SRO SCENARIO THAT'S DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE WOULD SHOW UP AND ASSUME AUTHORITY.

BUT HERE YOU HAVE AN OFFICER THAT'S ALREADY ON SITE AND HAS THE MOST INFORMATION AVAILABLE.

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HOW DOES THAT HAND OFF WORK? WE IDENTIFY THAT AS SOMEONE WHO'S IN COMMAND.

THE TRAINING ON OUR END IS THAT'S LITERALLY ALL YOU SAY OVER THE RADIO IS SHOW ME IN COMMAND, AND YOU ARE IN COMMAND OF INSIDE THAT SCENE UNTIL YOU WERE EITHER RELIEVED OF COMMAND OR THE SITUATION IS BEING RELIEVED OF COMMAND IS USUALLY A SUPERVISOR SHOWS UP ON SCENE, GETS BRIEFED, AND THEN ASSUMES COMMAND.

AND AGAIN, IT'S JUST TAKEN OVER VIA RADIO.

GOT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU.

I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THAT.

[INAUDIBLE] I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE ONE OF THE KEY WORDS HERE IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE SCHOOLS, DISD AND THE CITY.

THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN IN EVERY CITY AND EVERY CITY.

THEY HAVE DIFFERENT POLICING MATTERS.

THEY DON'T WORK WELL WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT IN THIS CASE, THERE'S A PARTNERSHIP HERE THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US AS A CITY, BUT ALSO VERY IMPORTANT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, SO THAT THE TRAINING IS UNDERTAKEN TOGETHER SO THAT IF THERE IS, GOD FORBID, AN EMERGENCY, THEN ALL THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE TRAINED AS TO WHAT HAPPENS.

AND WHEN THAT COMMAND IS TURNED OVER, SHOULD THERE BE AN INCIDENT THAT WE HAVE, ALL OF THE PEOPLE ARE WELL PREPARED TO DEAL WITH IT.

I WANT TO SAY THAT BECAUSE THIS IS A LOT OF WORK BETWEEN THE CITY, PARTICULARLY OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, FRANK, CHIEF SHOEMAKER, DEPUTY CHIEF BRADFORD, AND THEN OF COURSE, OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.

JUST TO GET THIS ALL WORKED OUT, THE PROOF WILL BE IN THE PUDDING.

BUT THE KEY WORD HERE IS COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP.

ON THE OTHER PART OF IT, AS FAR AS FROM POLICE OFFICERS, WE WE HAVE BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE PUT OFFICERS IN THE QUEUE SO THAT WE DON'T SIT THERE AND NOT HAVE QUALIFIED QUALITY POLICE OFFICERS.

BUT CHIEF SHOEMAKER IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

IT TAKES APPROXIMATELY A YEAR TO GET THEM ON THE STREET, AND SO WE'RE ALWAYS KIND OF AHEAD OF OURSELVES.

IF YOU RECALL, WE CAME BACK TO COUNCIL BEFORE THE BUDGET AND ASKED FOR SOME POSITIONS.

AND THEN AS A PART OF OUR AGREEMENT, WE PUT IN FIVE THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS.

I CAN ASSURE YOU, BOTH THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE COUNCIL THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE A PROACTIVE ROLE NOT ONLY IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT IN OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE EMERGENCY SERVICES, BECAUSE THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS A CITY CAN DO.

THE MESSAGE I'D LIKE FOR US TO LEAVE HERE WITH TODAY IS WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN WE COULD HAVE BEEN IN COMPLIANCE WITH THIS LAW WITH SOME VERY LOW LEVEL, LOW TRAINED LOW.

FIDELITY SOLUTIONS.

THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS COMMUNITY VALUES.

THAT'S NOT WHAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT VALUES.

IT'S NOT WHAT CHIEF SCHUMACHER VALUES.

THAT'S WHY YOU SEE IT BEING THIS INTENTIONALITY IN THIS LEVEL, IN THE ACTUAL LICENSE AND CERTIFICATION AND TRAINING AND ALL THAT.

NONE OF THAT IS REQUIRED TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH WITH THE HOUSE.

NOT ONE OF THOSE THINGS.

RIGHT? ONLY THING IS REQUIRED THAT YOU HAVE SOMEONE ARMED ON CAMPUS TO MEET THE LETTER OF THE LAW.

WE NEED MORE THAN THAT.

WE HAVE WE HAVE A HIGHER EXPECTATION AND OUR COMMUNITY EXPECTS MORE OF US THAN THAT.

AND THAT'S THAT'S WHY YOU SEE US TRYING TO BRIDGE THIS, AND WE'LL WE'LL GROW IT AND SEE HOW IT WORKS THROUGH.

MANY OTHER SCHOOLS ARE TRYING A SIMILAR APPROACH.

SOME HAVE THEIR OWN DEPARTMENTS, SOME HAVE MUNICIPALITIES THAT THAT THAT WANT TO GO AHEAD AND DO THE FULL STUDENT RESOURCE OFFICER BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE AS MUCH OF A HUMAN CAPITAL ISSUE.

THAT'S THAT.

THEY SAY THAT UNTIL THEY DON'T HAVE UNTIL THEY HAVE VACANCIES, RIGHT.

YOU MIGHT HAVE AN ISSUE NOW, BUT YOU START ASKING FOR ANOTHER 4000 OF THEM ACROSS THE STATE.

THERE'S A THERE'S A THERE'S A DELTA.

SO FROM THE TRUSTEES PERSPECTIVE AND THE COUNCIL'S PERSPECTIVE, YOU HAVE YOU HAVE LEADERSHIP.

THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH DR. RUSSELL AND IN THE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH CHIEF SHOEMAKER THAT ARE TAKING A HIGH LEVEL OF FIDELITY AND IMPLEMENTATION AND NOT JUST CHECK THE BOX FOR COMPLIANCE.

IT'S CHEAPER TO CHECK THE BOX FOR COMPLIANCE.

BUT BUT IT'S NOT THE QUALITY YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, RIGHT? COUNCILMAN. ONE QUICK FOLLOW UP.

I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS FOR FRANK OR CHIEF.

WITH THE INCREASED TRAINING, IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY INCREASED BUDGETARY NEED ON OUR SIDE? WELL, THAT WILL BE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS THAT CHIEF AND I HAVE BEEN HAVING AND GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE, BECAUSE IN THE SAME VEIN, WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE JUST ANY TRAINING OUT THERE. WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BRING FORTH THE BEST POSSIBLE TRAINING FOR ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING THE SASSENUS.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

ANYTHING ELSE? WELL, JUST SORRY I KNOW, MAYOR.

SORRY. SO IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, JUST SO I UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SECURITY AND CRIMINAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

SO LET'S SAY A FIGHT BREAKS OUT IN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, EITHER BETWEEN STUDENTS OR A STUDENT AND A TEACHER.

SO THE S SO IS ON CAMPUS.

SO THEY GO AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO BREAK THAT UP, QUOTE UNQUOTE.

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WHAT? WHAT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT SCENARIO? I MEAN, WHAT WOULD THEY NOT BE ABLE TO DO THAT AN SRO WOULD BE ABLE TO DO? I MEAN, IF SOMEBODY NEEDS TO BE DETAINED.

ALL RIGHT. WE DON'T YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN ALL THAT.

BUT IF IF SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENS, DO THEY HAVE THOSE CAPABILITIES OR IS IT YOU KIND OF SEPARATE PEOPLE AND THEN YOU CALL THE POLICE TO COME IN AND THEN THEY TAKE CARE OF WHATEVER FURTHER ACTIONS NEED TO BE TAKEN IN THAT REGARD? IS THAT MY UNDERSTANDING OF THAT? I'LL GO AHEAD. WE HAVE THAT TODAY.

RIGHT? ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND PRINCIPALS BREAK THOSE THINGS UP.

AND IF THEY NEED TO CALL LAW ENFORCEMENT, THEY DO.

IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

WE HAVE AN OFFICER THERE THAT BUT THE BUT THE PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS AND EVERYBODY ELSE BREAK THOSE THINGS UP.

AND IF THEY NEED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT, THEY DO.

FAIR ENOUGH. RIGHT. IT'S JUST THAT IT'S ON SITE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL, AND IT WOULD HAVE TO BE CALLED THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

OKAY. BUT IT'S NO DIFFERENT IN OUR DAY TO DAY.

IT DOES GIVE US AN EXTRA PERSON TO BE THERE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. SURE.

Y'ALL OKAY? TAKE TO THE SIDE AND BE. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT. THE 231732.

RECEIVE. REPORT. WHOLE DISCUSSION.

GIVE STAFF DIRECTION REGARDING AN UPDATE ON THE CITY OF DENTON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.

IMPACT HITTING HIGH SCHOOL AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS.

I'M GIVING THEM.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON.

I'M TREVOR CRAIN. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF CAPITAL PROJECTS.

AND TODAY I'M GOING TO BE GIVING AN UPDATE ON SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE IN OUR VICINITY AND AFFECTING THE ISD.

GOOD TO KNOW.

ALL RIGHT. SO HERE WE HAVE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE DIRECTLY AFFECTING THE NEW DENTON HIGH SCHOOL.

SO I HAVE THEM COLOR CODED HERE.

THE PROJECT AND THE RED IS MY GRADE PHASE SIX.

SO OF COURSE THAT GOES FROM 380 ALL THE WAY UP TO US 77 AND ALSO A PORTION OF RODNEY ROAD RIGHT THERE IN THE BLUE RODNEY ROAD EAST. SO THAT IS A PROJECT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO MATCH THE EXISTING OR MATCH THE EXISTING PROJECT OR EXISTING STREET WIDTH ALL THE WAY FROM 77 TO RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SITE.

AND THEN IN PURPLE IS THE WEST GATE ROAD PROJECT THAT DOES AFFECT WEST GATE, EAST EAST WEST, WEST GATE, NORTH SOUTH WEST GATE, AND THEN A PORTION OF WINDSOR DRIVE. AND I'LL GET INTO THOSE A LITTLE MORE IN DETAIL IN THE NEXT SLIDES.

SO WHILE THE BRAY PHASE SIX, LIKE I SAID, US 382, US 77 PROJECT SCOPE, ROADWAY WIDENING, PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES, UTILITY INSTALLATION ALONG WITH TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND LIGHTING.

PROJECT SCHEDULE. SO CURRENT PHASE WE'RE AT 100% DESIGN.

WE'RE WORKING THROUGH FINAL COMMENTS FROM TEXDOT TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS PROJECT OUT TO BID.

THIS PROJECT DOES HAVE A LARGE PORTION OF TEXDOT FUNDING, SO WE'RE HAVING TO WORK WITH THEM IN ORDER TO GET APPROVAL TO BID THIS OUT.

WE'RE LOOKING AT CONSTRUCTION STARTING TENTATIVELY IN QUARTER ONE OF 2024 AND THEN CONSTRUCTION COMPLETE TENTATIVELY QUARTER THREE OF 2026. SO DSD COORDINATION, OF COURSE WE HAVE THAT IDEA FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO RONNIE ROAD.

SO THAT PORTION THAT RUNS FROM NORTHBOUND FROM BONNIE BRAY TO JUST IN FRONT OF THE NEW SITE FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

AND THEN THAT'S GOING TO BE IN COORDINATION WITH THE OPENING OF THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

RODNEY ROAD EAST. SO THIS IS WEST OF HARDAWAY ROAD TO US 77.

PROJECT SCOPE VERY SIMILAR ROADWAY WIDENING PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES UTILITY RELOCATIONS.

AND THIS DOES HAVE A PARKS TRAIL COMPONENT THAT WILL CONNECT NORTH PARKS TO THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LOCATION.

SO PROJECT SCHEDULE THE CURRENT PHASE.

WE HAVEN'T STARTED DESIGN YET ON THIS ONE.

THE DESIGN CONTRACT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO COUNCIL NEXT WEEK, SO WE'LL BE GETTING STARTED ON THAT RELATIVELY SOON.

CONSTRUCTION START.

WE'RE LOOKING AT Q1 OF 2025 AND THEN A CONSTRUCTION COMPLETE IN Q4 OF 2025.

AND THIS DOES HAVE THAT TRAIL SYSTEM THAT'S GOING TO ALIGN WITH THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

WESTGATE ROAD PROJECT, INCLUDING WINDSOR DRIVE.

SO THIS ONE'S A REALLY FUN PROJECT JUST BECAUSE WE GET TO TALK ABOUT EAST WEST WESTGATE, NORTH SOUTH, WESTGATE AND ALL THAT, ALL THE FUN STUFF THAT GOES WITH IT.

BUT PROJECTS EXTENTS.

SO WINDSOR DRIVE FROM WESTGATE DRIVE TO I, 35 NORTH SOUTH, WESTGATE DRIVE FROM WESTGATE DRIVE TO WINDSOR DRIVE AND THEN OUR EAST WEST WESTGATE DRIVE FROM I

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35 TO BRONCO WAY.

PROJECT SCOPE ROADWAY WIDENING, PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES, UTILITY INSTALLATION AND THEN SOME DRAINAGE INSTALLATION AS WELL.

PROJECT SCHEDULE. SO WE ARE AT 60% DESIGN AND LOOKING TO START CONSTRUCTION IN QUARTER FOUR OF 2024.

CONSTRUCTION COMPLETE AND TENTATIVELY FOR QUARTER FOUR OF 2026.

SO THIS WILL PROVIDE THAT CONNECTION TO BRONCO WAY.

AND THEN ONCE WE ARE COMPLETE, WE'LL WORK THROUGH RENAMING THE EXISTING EAST WEST WESTGATE TO BRONCO WAY THE ENTIRE WAY.

SO THAT'LL BE THE END OF THE EAST WEST NORTH SOUTH CONVERSATIONS.

SO A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL PROJECTS.

THESE ARE IN THE VICINITY OF THE ISD BARROW GRAVITY SEWER AND LIFT STATION ABANDONMENT.

SO THIS WAS OR IS INSTALLATION OF ABOUT 4500FT OF SEWER ALONG THE REAR OF NORTH SOUTH GATE AND IT'S CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, HAS AN ESTIMATED COMPLETION OF QUARTER ONE OF 2024.

THIS DOES HAVE MINIMAL IMPACTS TO THE ISD BUT IS IN THE VICINITY, SO NORTHWEST WATER TRANSMISSION LINE IS AN INSTALLATION OF APPROXIMATELY TWO MILES OF WATER LINE FROM OUR NORTHWEST ELEVATED STORAGE TANK TO THE RODNEY ROAD ELEVATED STORAGE TANK.

THIS ONE IS ALSO CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND IT HAS AN ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE OF QUARTER THREE OF 2024.

THIS ONE DOES HAVE A FEW IMPACTS.

WE DO HAVE A ROAD CLOSURE THAT'S SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY NOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK THROUGH, BUT ONCE WE GET THROUGH THAT ROAD CLOSURE, THEY WE SHOULD HAVE MINIMAL IMPACTS MOVING FORWARD.

YEAH, WE GOT RAIN 335 AND WITH THAT I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

SO TREVOR I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I BETTER SAID FOR FOR THE SCHOOL SIDE OF THINGS WHILE I HAVE YOU OBVIOUSLY RODNEY ROAD IS AN IMPORTANT TO ME FROM A JUST YOUR OTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE CITY OF DENTON.

I SAY THIS REGULARLY HAVE NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND IT BY AND LARGE SO THEY CAN ABSORB THAT TRAFFIC.

THE QUESTION IS, HOW DO Y'ALL WHAT IS YOUR YOUR AVERAGE KIND OF FEEL FOR HOW MANY CARS, HOW MANY PEOPLE FOR SCHOOL, FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, THAT SORT OF THING, OR MAJOR EVENTS AT SCHOOL? HOW MANY CARS ARE WE ANTICIPATING? JUST I WANT TO MAKE SURE I TRACK THAT FROM OUR END TO MAKE SURE WE'RE BUILDING THAT IN.

WE'RE ACCOUNTING FOR THOSE THINGS.

THERE'S JUST THE MARGIN FOR ERROR IN THIS AREA IS JUST SO SMALL BECAUSE THERE ARE NO NEIGHBORHOODS TO ABSORB IT.

OBVIOUSLY NORTH LAKES ABSORBS SOME OF IT, BUT JUST KIND OF WHAT IS THAT FIRST DAY EVERYONE BRINGS THEIR KID TO SCHOOL.

TWO PARENTS, TWO CARS.

WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? IT'S HECTIC. YEAH.

HOW MANY? WHAT'S THE NUMBER? I GET A PERSON.

I GET A FRONT ROW SEAT TO IT.

SO JUST TO KIND OF.

WE TRY NOT TO MAKE.

FIRST OF ALL, LET ME LEAVE WITH THIS.

WE TRY NOT TO MAKE OUR LONG TERM DECISIONS BASED ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL OR SPECIAL EVENTS.

SURE. BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT LESS THAN TEN OF THOSE SPECIAL EVENTS FIRST DAYS A YEAR, RIGHT? BUT IF IT'S 650 KIDS, SOMETIMES TWO CARS, A KID, IF MOM AND DAD WANT TO BRING THEIR KINDERGARTNER AND ALL THAT KIND OF THING.

IT'S A LARGE NUMBER, RIGHT? BUT I THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE WAY THAT WE HANDLE THE TRAFFIC AT SAM HOUSTON, RIGHT, THERE'S NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE STREET AND WHATNOT, PEOPLE WALKING BACK AND FORTH.

AND WHEN PEOPLE WALK IN THROUGH NORTH LAKE TO THE NEW SCHOOL AS WELL.

BUT THE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS, PEOPLE LIKE TO TAKE THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL.

SO WE JUST HAVE TO GET THROUGH THE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS.

DR. O'BARRY, DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HOW MANY CAR TAGS YOU GAVE OUT AT HAWK? I'M THINKING PROBABLY 350.

SO HAWK WAS A SCHOOL, WHICH WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL THAT HAD A LOT OF WALKERS, STILL HAD 350 CARS IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AREA, WHICH DOESN'T HAVE NEARLY THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND ROADWAYS THAT THAT THAT THE NEED TO RESURFACE.

BUT IT DIDN'T HAVE TRANSPORTATION EITHER.

WE DIDN'T HAVE TO PROVIDE MUCH TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE IT WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL.

SO TO YOUR POINT OF IT NOT BEING EMBEDDED IN A NEIGHBORHOOD, WE WILL LIKELY HAVE MORE THAN HALF A DOZEN BUSSES.

YEAH. NO. AND I TAKE YOUR POINT AND THAT'S THAT'S VALID.

BUT ON TO AVOID KIND OF PASSING ON THOSE KIND OF OUT OF THE NORM DAYS.

BUT ON ON THIS INSTANCE YOU HAVE SOMEBODY PARKING ON BONNIE BRAE STREET, RIGHT.

LIKE THAT'S TRAGIC.

NO. BUT WE WE EXPERIENCE IT WITH WE HAD PEOPLE PARKING ON AIRPORT ROAD.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, FIRSTHAND I MEAN, PEOPLE WILL JUST THROW IT IN PARK AND, AND HUSTLE TO WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.

AND THAT'S IN THAT AREA.

IT CAN TURN, YOU KNOW, PART OF IT YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IS IF WE TRY TO USE UNIVERSITY AS OUR SOUTHERN BOUNDARY TO THAT SCHOOL PIECE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANYBODY COME IN FROM SOUTH BONNIE BRAE TO NORTH BONNIE BRAE, BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S COMING FROM THE, FROM THE, FROM THE WEST SIDE OF WEST GATE OR THE NEW DEVELOPMENT JUST NORTH OF DENTON HIGH

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SCHOOL, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM BONNIE BRAE.

YOU'VE GOT AN EAST WEST TRANSPORTATION LOOP.

YOU'VE GOT THE APARTMENTS AND TOWNHOMES ACROSS THE STREET.

YOU KEEP GOING EAST ON RODNEY ROAD.

YOU GET TO 77.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE AS MUCH LOADING OFF OF BONNIE BRAE AS THERE WILL BE ON LINING, WHICH IS THE REASON WHY WE DELAYED THE SCHOOL FOR A LITTLE WHILE LONGER TO LET ALL THAT WORK COME IN. TOGETHER, WE'RE BUILDING ADDITIONAL TURNS INTO THE INTO THE SCHOOL SITE OFF OF BONNIE BRAY TO ALLOW FOR STACKING ON SITE.

AND THEN YOU'VE ALSO GOT ADDITIONAL PARKING AT NORTH LAKE PARK.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WILL BE IN IN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO COMMUNICATE WHEN THE SCHOOL OPENS IS IN THE EVENT OF LARGE EVENTS, FIRST SCHOOL.

PARKING HERE IS WHERE OVERFLOW PARKING IS.

HERE'S HOW YOU GET THERE.

SO THAT'S MORE ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGERIAL STUFF THAN IT IS ANYTHING ELSE? I THINK THE LOADS OF THE TRAFFIC AND THE TRAFFIC STUDIES HAVE BEEN DONE ARE MORE THAN SUFFICIENT FOR WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH, IT'S A GREAT POINT I APPRECIATE THAT.

THE LAST THING I HAD, AND THIS IS JUST KIND OF TO EQUIP THOSE AT THE SCHOOL BOARD IF, IF THOSE QUESTIONS COME UP I'VE ALREADY SEEN THEM SOME THE THE CONSTRUCTION CLOSURE ON MONDAY.

SO WHAT IS THE ANSWER AS TO WHY THAT WASN'T PLANNED? WHEN SCHOOL IS NOT IN SUMMER, WINTER BREAK, ETCETERA.

SURE. SO ONE OF THE DRIVING THINGS FOR THAT IS IN ORDER TO DO THAT ROAD WORK WE'RE HAVING TO USE, IT'S A BORE, A JACK AND BORE.

IT'S A TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO DIG IT UP.

WE JUST DIG SOME BORE PITS ON EITHER SIDE AND WE KIND OF PUSH THE PIPE THROUGH.

AND SO THAT'S SUBCONTRACTOR IS IT'S A SUBCONTRACTOR TO THE CONTRACT.

AND SO THEY'RE HAVING TO WE HAVE TO SCHEDULE THOSE PEOPLE.

SO WE MISSED A WINDOW EARLIER.

SO IN ORDER TO GET THEM IN HERE, IF WE DIDN'T DO IT NOW OR MONDAY THEN WE'RE MONTHS OR WEEKS AHEAD OF THE TIME.

SO IT'S REALLY TRYING TO FIND THAT THAT RIGHT SPOT IN THERE TO WHERE WE CAN GET THE CREW IN HERE, GET IT KNOCKED OUT AND A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME AND THEN MOVE ON TO THE OTHER CONSTRUCTION. SO IT'S REALLY JUST TRYING THAT SCHEDULING AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

AND TREVOR AND HIS TEAM, THEY'VE DONE A SUPER JOB OF THINKING THROUGH THIS A LITTLE BIT.

I MEAN, PEOPLE MAY NOT THINK ABOUT THIS.

WE GOT FIVE DAYS OF INSTRUCTION NEXT WEEK.

WE'VE GOT A WEEK OFF AT THANKSGIVING.

WE COME BACK FOR THREE WEEKS AND WE GOT TWO WEEKS OFF AT WINTER BREAK.

SO THREE OF THE NEXT SIX WEEKS WHERE THIS WORK MIGHT BE GOING ON.

THERE AREN'T KIDS IN SCHOOL, RIGHT? SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE WENT.

OCTOBER THE 1ST, ALL THE WAY THROUGH THANKSGIVING.

YOU HAD EIGHT WEEKS OF EVERY DAY.

SO YOU'VE GOT SOME TIME IN THERE BUILT IN.

SO IT WAS AT LEAST LET'S TRY TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT AS BEST WE CAN.

AND AND THEN WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT TODAY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THEY'D LIKE TO KIND OF GET STARTED THIS WEEK.

BUT WE'VE GOT RANDOM THINGS COMING UP.

AND THEN WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE OVERCOMMUNICATE THIS IS COMING.

RIGHT. BECAUSE PEOPLE WE'VE KIND OF COACHED PEOPLE TO COME IN THAT OTHER WAY.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE SOME SOME TRAFFIC MITIGATION AT THAT INTERSECTION OF RONNIE AND AND BONNIE BRAY JUST TO KIND OF HELP KEEP PEOPLE MOVING, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE COME IN AND OUT OF THAT SCHOOL, AND THEY GO NORTH OF 377 OR NORTH OF 77 OUT, OR THEY COME IN FROM THAT SIDE AND THEY GO, SO YEAH, IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF A LEARNING CURVE. IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL MONDAY.

SO EVERYBODY BE OKAY.

YES. WE'LL GET THERE. THAT'S GREAT I APPRECIATE THAT COMMUNICATION.

THAT'S REALLY GOOD. YEAH GOOD TO KNOW.

HIS HELPED US TREMENDOUSLY TALKING THROUGH IT AND GIVING US PICTURES.

AND HERE'S WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND ALL THAT.

BUT USING THE THANKSGIVING BREAK AND THE CHRISTMAS BREAK THAT HELPS.

NOW IF IT JUST WON'T RAIN DURING THOSE WEEKS WE'LL SEE.

OKAY. EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MAYOR PRO TEM THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MR. MAYOR, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP BECAUSE I'VE BEEN FEELING A LOT OF THE SAME COMMENTS.

AND SO I'LL JUST COSIGN ON HIS QUESTIONS AND I'LL ENCOURAGE IF YOU AND TREVOR, IF THE SCHOOL AND TREVOR HAVE ALREADY WORKED OUT THE TRAFFIC FLOW AND THE PLAN AND THE MITIGATION EFFORTS, IF YOU COULD GET THOSE OUT TO THE PARENTS ESPECIALLY, BUT THE PUBLIC AND IS IN ADVANCE AS YOU CAN AND MAYBE GET IT TO COUNCIL AND STAFF AND CITY STAFF SO WE CAN SPREAD THE WORD AS WELL.

THAT WOULD BE LET US ALL HELP TO MITIGATE SOME OF THE THE IOT THAT WE KNOW WE NEED.

YEAH. SOUNDS GREAT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. LET ME KNOW IF.

IT TAKES US TO ITEM C ID 231734.

RECEIVE REPORT WHOLE DISCUSSION AND GIVE STAFF DIRECTION REGARDING AN UPDATE ON THE CITY OF DENTON SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM.

NEGRON GARY PACKAN, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.

THIS IS MEGAN THOMAS. SHE'S OUR PROGRAM MANAGER FOR OUR LEISURE SERVICES TEAM.

KIND OF CONTINUED THE SAME THEME OF PARTNERSHIPS WITH DISD.

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WE'VE BEEN WORKING A LOT ON A NUMBER OF PROJECTS.

IN FACT, RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING WITH LAGOON ON SOME LITTLE BIKE RACKS THAT YOU CAN SEE AROUND DOWNTOWN.

THE STUDENTS ARE FABRICATING THOSE FOR US RIGHT NOW.

SO THAT'S JUST ONE KIND OF SNIPPET OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITH ADMINISTRATION AND STUDENTS.

THE OTHER THING IS OUR SUMMER CAMPS.

WE'VE HAD SOME REAL CHALLENGES WITH THE GROWTH OF THE CITY AND THE GROWTH OF OUR SUMMER CAMPS, AND MEGAN'S GOING TO GIVE A LITTLE UPDATE ON THAT PROGRAM.

SO EARLY? EARLIER THIS YEAR, CITY AND CITY OF DENTON AND DENTON I-S-D PARTNERED TO EXPAND OUR SUMMER CAMP PROGRAMS. AND WHAT THIS DOES IS PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SCHOOL SITES AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR TEN WEEKS OF THE SUMMER SUMMER PROGRAM.

LET'S SEE. SO BY ADDING THREE SCHOOL SITES, WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO INCREASE OUR SERVICE AREA.

SO AS OUR PROGRAM CAPACITIES FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES HERE IN DENTON AND ENROLLMENT INCREASED BY 73% OVER THE 2022 YEAR, AND IT ADDED ADDITIONAL AMENITIES SUCH AS PLAYGROUNDS AND THE GYMS, SO STAFF WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE TRANSITION TIMES EASIER BETWEEN SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES.

ANOTHER BENEFIT OF HAVING THESE FACILITIES IS SPACE SPACE TO SERVE THE SUMMER FOOD PROGRAM.

WE WERE ABLE TO INCREASE THE MEALS SERVED WITH ALONG WITH THE ATTENDANCE AND THEN.

JUST TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL NUTRITION TO THOSE CHILDREN.

ONE THING WE DID FIND OUT ABOUT THE SUMMER PROGRAM IS THE SUMMER FOOD PROGRAM IS IT CANNOT OPERATE AT THE SAME TIME IT DENTON FOOD SERVICES PROGRAM IS OPERATING.

IT WAS A MINIMAL IMPACT TO US.

I THINK IT HAPPENED MAYBE A WEEK OR TWO LATER IN THE SUMMER, AND STAFF WERE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT PRETTY QUICKLY.

AND IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE IN THE FUTURE.

TRANSPORTATION WAS PHENOMENAL.

STAFF WERE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF IT.

THEY ADDRESSED THAT THE CHILDREN, THESE CHILDREN SEE THESE BUS DRIVERS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

THESE ARE THE SAME DRIVERS THAT THEY GET DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR.

SO THEY HAVE FAMILIAR FACES, ESPECIALLY THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS OF CAMP WHEN THEY ARE LEARNING THE COUNSELORS AND A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE THEMSELVES.

AND IT ALSO PROVIDED JUST THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE KIDS TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM.

AND STAFF FELT THAT MORE THAN JUST A SERVICE, THE TRANSPORTATION, THE DRIVERS WERE REALLY AN EXTENSION OF OUR TEAM.

HERE IN THE CHART, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE SUMMER CAMP EXPANSION REALLY IMPROVED OUR WAITLIST NUMBERS.

WE WERE OPERATING PREVIOUSLY AT A DOUBLE WHAT WE HAD ENROLLED ON OUR WAITLIST, AND IT DROPPED DOWN FROM 70 OR DOWN FROM 213 TO 79 ON A WEEKLY AVERAGE, WHICH IS HUGE.

SEE? BUT WE ALSO KNOW DENTON IS STILL GROWING AND IT'S NOT SLOWING DOWN.

SO THAT'S WHY WE WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE THIS PARTNERSHIP AND CONTINUE TO LOOK AT FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXPANSION, TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL GROWTH FOR OUR PROGRAM AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

SO WHAT WE FIGURED IS IF THERE'S 1000 STUDENTS A YEAR, 850 THAT ARE IN OUR SUMMER CAMP AGE BRACKET, THERE'S A PERCENTAGE OF THOSE THOSE STUDENTS THAT WERE CURRENTLY MEETING AND CURRENTLY SERVING.

SO AS AS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ADDS ANOTHER 850 STUDENTS IN THAT AGE BRACKET, WE NEED TO GROW AT LIKE 4 OR 5% JUST TO MAINTAIN A BASE SERVICE LEVEL. THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY GROWING, THAT'S JUST MAINTAINING THE PACE.

SO OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, WE HAVEN'T MAINTAINED THAT PACE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE FACILITIES.

IT WAS THROUGH THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ISD.

WE WERE ABLE TO SERVICE THOSE THOSE FAMILIES.

SO WE NEED TO TRY TO AT LEAST MAINTAIN THAT.

IF NOT, TRY TO GET AHEAD OF IT AND ACTUALLY GROW THE SUMMER PROGRAM.

SO WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE GOOD QUALITY SUMMER ACTIVITIES THAT THEY CAN LEARN, BE SOCIAL, ENGAGED, INTERACTING IN OUR ATHLETIC AND ALL OF THAT.

SO FITNESS RELATED ACTIVITIES.

SO WE CAN'T DO THAT WITHOUT THIS PARTNERSHIP.

SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE SCHOOLS SO WE CAN TRY TO CAPTURE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES WHEN THE SCHOOLS ARE SHUT DOWN, NOT UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIRS.

TRY TO BALANCE THAT AND ALSO STRATEGICALLY PLACE THOSE SCHOOLS IN AREAS WHERE WE'RE UNDER SERVING THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.

SO THAT'S THAT'S ALL WE HAVE.

AND WE'LL OPEN UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

OKAY. QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.

PEOPLE ARE QUIET TODAY.

I WILL ASK GARY, ARE WE SHARING OR MEGAN, ARE WE SHARING INFORMATION WITH DENTON?

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I SEE ON PARENTS NIGHT OUT THOSE EVENTS, THOSE SORT OF THINGS, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD IF WE MAY ALREADY BE DOING THAT.

BUT JUST CURIOUS. YES, I KNOW OUR CARE GROUP DOES REACH OUT AND SHARE THAT INFORMATION.

THEY ALSO, WE ARE STARTING TO PUT INFORMATION IN THE PEACH JAR FLIERS THAT GO OUT TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SO WE DO HAVE SOMETHING GOING OUT LATER.

THIS PROBABLY THE END OF THIS WEEK TOO FOR THE DECEMBER PROGRAMS. YES. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU. THAT TAKES US TO OUR LAST ITEM.

IT'S MY FAVORITE. ITEM D ID 231735.

RECEIVE REPORT. WHOLE DISCUSSION.

GIVE STAFF DIRECTION REGARDING AN UPDATE ON THE INSTALLATION OF PUBLIC ART ON CITY OF DENTON TRAFFIC SIGNAL BOXES ON THAT SAME THEME THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MOST OF THE MORNING AND PARTNERSHIPS OF THE PAST 3 OR 4 YEARS, WE'VE BEEN PRETTY AGGRESSIVE IN RAMPING UP OUR ART PROGRAM.

SO WE'VE INSTITUTED A NUMBER OF SCULPTURES AROUND THE PARK SYSTEM, AROUND THE CITY.

AND ONE THING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS IS TRYING TO BEAUTIFY OUR TRANSPORTATION BOXES.

EVERY INTERSECTION HAS ONE.

THEY'RE FUNCTIONAL, OBVIOUSLY ASSETS, BUT WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE THOSE A LITTLE BIT MORE BEAUTIFUL AND KIND OF ALMOST HIDE THEM IN PLAIN SIGHT IN SOME ASPECTS? SO WE APPLIED FOR A GRANT THAT OMAR IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT AND TRY TO CONTINUE TO ENHANCE OUR ART BEAUTIFICATION THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

THIS ONE WAS FOCUSED DOWNTOWN.

WE'RE GOING TO BE EXPANDING THAT.

AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OMAR.

THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

SO THIS PROGRAM BEGAN IN 2022 WITH A GRANT FROM THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON THE ARTS THAT HAD A LEVEL OF FUNDING OF $6,000, WHICH THE CITY MATCHED WITH ANOTHER $6,000, FOR A TOTAL OF 12,000.

SO THAT GAVE US ENOUGH MONEY TO DO TEN VINYL WRAPS IN OUR TCA DESIGNATED CULTURAL DISTRICT, WHICH IS THE ORIGINAL DENTON DISTRICT, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR THE SQUARE, THE AREA AROUND IT, AND GOES SORT OF ALL THE WAY EAST TO INCLUDE FRED MOORE PARK.

BUT SO UNDER THE TERMS OF THE GRANT, WE HAD TO APPLY THOSE FUNDING, THAT FUNDING IN THE ORIGINAL DENTON DISTRICT.

SO WHAT STAFF DID WAS WE REACHED OUT TO FACULTY, FINE ARTS FACULTY AT DENTON ISD AND GOT WITH THEM TO ENCOURAGE THEIR STUDENTS TO CREATE PIECES OF ART AND SUBMIT THEM TO OUR PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE FOR CONSIDERATION.

AND EVENTUALLY, PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE CHOSE WINNERS.

AND THESE ARE SOME OF THEM THAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE.

ACTUALLY, THESE ARE ALL OF THEM, AND THESE ARE THE LOCATIONS AROUND THE ORIGINAL DENTON DISTRICT.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, YOU SEE WE HAVE SOME AREAS THAT ARE NOT FULLY ARE NOT FILLED IN YET, BUT ARE DESIGNATED FOR UPCOMING VINYL WRAPS FROM UNT STUDENTS AND STUDENTS AND A COUPLE OF FUTURE SENIOR CENTER ART.

AND I'LL SORT OF SHOW YOU THOSE IN A SECOND.

SO JUST TO GO REALLY QUICKLY THROUGH THE OFFERINGS WE GOT FROM THE DENTON ISD STUDENTS, WE WANTED TO SORT OF SHOWCASE EACH THE TWO WINNING ENTRIES FROM EACH CAMPUS BECAUSE THEY ARE JUST REALLY BRILLIANT WORKS OF ART, AND I THINK IT SORT OF SHOWS YOU THE LEVEL OF TALENT WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO WORK WITH FROM DENTON. SO THESE ARE THE TWO WINNERS FROM BRASWELL HIGH SCHOOL, NICOLE VELASQUEZ AND ARIEL HALL.

THESE ARE THE TWO WINNERS FROM DENTON HIGH SCHOOL AND HEADED ELLEN MCGEE, THE TWO FROM GUYER, DYLAN GARDELLA AND IRELAND, LAVAS FROM LEBRON AND LOUIS BARBOZA AND ETHAN JIMENEZ FROM RYAN, ANDREA HERNANDEZ AND YANNIS MEMBERS.

AND FINALLY, WE WANTED TO SORT OF POINT TO THE STAFF AT THE VARIOUS CAMPUSES AT NIST, WITHOUT WHOSE HELP WE COULDN'T HAVE UTILIZED THIS PROGRAM.

SO THESE ARE THE FINE ART FACULTY THAT WE WORKED WITH.

AND THEN MOVING FORWARD, WE HAVE SOME FORTHCOMING MAPS.

FORTHCOMING MAPS. AS YOU SAW ON THE INITIAL MAP, THE TWO IMAGES ON THE TOP ARE.

SENIOR SENIOR CENTER ART ART FROM ARTISTS WHO WORKED THROUGH OUR SENIOR CENTER.

SO THOSE WILL BE ON BELLE AND MINGO AND MCKINNEY AND ELM.

AND THEN ON THE BOTTOM, THE TWO THAT ARE BLUE ARE BY CASEY MARTIN, WHO.

WORKED IN OUR SUSTAINABILITY DEPARTMENT AND IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE UNT, AND SHE'S PROVIDING 1 TO 1.

ON THE BOTTOM LEFT IS ACTUALLY.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THE IMAGE, BUT IT REFERENCES THE 2024 ECLIPSE, AND THE OTHER ONE IS BASED ON HER MURAL AT THE PRATT FACILITY AT THE LANDFILL. SO IT SORT OF HAS A SUSTAINABILITY THEME THAT INCLUDES ART BY DENTON STUDENTS AS WELL AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE IMAGE CLOSELY.

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THESE ARE THE APPS THAT WILL BE ON THE CAMPUS FOR COMING.

AND THEN FOR THE NEXT YEAR, WE HAVE ABOUT $12,000 TO DO, PERHAPS ABOUT TEN MORE WRAPS.

BUT THIS FUNDING IS COMING FROM OUR HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX FUNDS.

SO THIS ALLOWS US TO SORT OF MOVE BEYOND THE ORIGINAL DINING DISTRICT, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT CONSTRAINED BY THE TERMS OF THE TCA GRANT.

SO WE'RE STILL SORT OF CONSIDERING THEMING AND LOCATION AND WHAT OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS WE MIGHT WANT TO WORK WITH.

HERE ARE SOME OF THE INTERSECTIONS WE'RE THINKING WE MIGHT CHOOSE FOR THESE UPCOMING WRAPS.

ALL RIGHT, WELL ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.

COUNCILMAN HOLLAND COUNCILMAN NELSON.

THANK YOU. IS THE MATERIAL USED ON THESE RESISTANT TO TO VANDALISM, I.E.

SPRAY PAINT? YES.

WE HAVE AN ANTI-GRAFFITI COATING ON THE VINYL.

AND IN FACT, WE HAD ONE OF THE BOXES TAGGED RECENTLY WITH SPRAY PAINT.

AND PARKS MAINTENANCE STAFF WERE ABLE TO GO THERE AND REMOVE IT VERY EASILY.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR.

WE CAN ALWAYS REPLACE THAT SECTION TOO, IF WE HAVE TO, IF IT'S DAMAGED BY ANYTHING.

COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU.

AS YOU LOOK FORWARD TO CONSIDER OTHER SOURCES FOR THESE NEW RAPS GOING FORWARD, IS THERE POTENTIALLY A ROLE FOR DENTON DENTON WORKING ARTISTS AND AND AS WELL AS GRADUATES OR PARTICIPANTS IN THE MFA PROGRAMS AT UNT? AND CERTAINLY I THINK WE WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH WORKING ARTISTS.

I THINK IF WE IF WE DO THAT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALLOCATING A PORTION OF THE FUNDS TO PROVIDE AN HONORARIUM OR SOME SORT OF SUPPORT FOR THEIR LABOR. BUT WE HAVE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS, AND IT WOULD BE GREAT TO GET SO MUCH TALENT AND THEN JUST SORT OF FOCUS, FOCUS.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

BUT IT'S A TALENT HERE.

YES. UNBELIEVABLE.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN. I JUST WANT TO SAY I AM JUST BLOWN AWAY BY THE TALENT OF THE DISD STUDENTS AND JUST THEIR SUBMISSIONS.

I MEAN, GOOD HEAVENS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PIECES AND THE MESSAGES THEY'RE SENDING, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE ART, IT'S ABOUT THE MESSAGE BEHIND IT.

AND IT JUST IT'S SO GREAT TO SEE THAT KIND OF JUST TALENT AND AWARENESS IN OUR STUDENTS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THOSE KUDOS.

MAYOR PRO TEM SO WHAT? AND FOLLOWING UP FROM WHAT COUNCILOR WATTS JUST SAID, WE DO AND COUNCILOR MELTZER AS WELL, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF ARTISTS.

WHAT'S THE LIFETIME FOR A GIVEN RAP? DO WE THINK? I THINK GENERALLY SPEAKING, THESE VINYL WRAPS WILL LAST ABOUT FIVE YEARS.

SO WERE WE ANTICIPATING THEM REPLACING THAT WITH ANOTHER PIECE OF ART IN FIVE YEARS? IS THAT GENERALLY THE PROCESS? YEAH, I'VE SEEN SOME LASTS MORE THAN FIVE YEARS.

IN FACT, SOME THAT I'VE PUT UP AT A PRIOR EMPLOYER ARE STILL UP AND THEY'VE BEEN UP FOR OVER TEN YEARS.

SO IT JUST REALLY MATTERS IF THEY'RE SHADE, IF IT'S DIRECT SUNLIGHT, YOU KNOW, 24 OVER SEVEN, IT COULD IMPACT THAT.

BUT OUR INTENTION IS TO REPLACE THEM, WHETHER IT'S WITH A NEW PIECE OR WITH THAT SAME ART.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, THEN IT'S NOT DIRECTLY IN SYNC, BUT THIS IS THE ONLY TIME I HAVE.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.

TECH STOCK GRANT ALMOST $11 MILLION, RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH. SO YOU'RE DOING DOING GREAT THINGS THERE.

AND SO I APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATION WITH THE WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ALL YOU'RE DOING AND CONTINUALLY THINKING CREATIVELY AND KIND OF GETTING OUT IN FRONT OF THINGS. THEY'RE REALLY GOOD ABOUT THAT AND MAKING SURE WE MAXIMIZE EVERY DOLLAR WE CAN, ESPECIALLY AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO FUTURE CONVERSATIONS LIKE THIS WHERE WE'LL TALK ABOUT, OBVIOUSLY, I KNOW THE ISD AND THE CITY IS ALREADY TALKING ABOUT WARMING AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS, AND LOOK FORWARD TO THESE.

THESE DISCUSSIONS ARE REALLY HELPFUL.

IT JUST HELPS ME UNDERSTAND ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE BACKGROUND.

AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THOSE DISCUSSIONS THAT THE CITIZENS OF DENTON BENEFIT FROM THOSE THOSE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS.

SO ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY, I JUST WANT TO SAY WHEN WE TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS HERE ABOUT RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH OUR CITY, THEY ARE OFTEN AMAZED AND A LITTLE ENVIOUS BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND THE VALUE AS WE DO AND APPRECIATE THE VALUE.

CONSISTENCY IS EVERYTHING IN EDUCATION, AND WHEN YOU HAVE A CONSISTENT POLICY WITH YOUR CITY, WITH YOUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, WITH YOUR ART, IT ENHANCES THE COMMUNITY COMPLETELY.

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SO WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE THIS AND YOUR CONTINUED PATIENCE AND THE JOINT FUNDING HELPS TREMENDOUSLY.

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WE'RE FIGHTING FOR EVERY DOLLAR WE CAN SCROUNGE UP, SINCE WE'RE NOT GETTING A WHOLE LOT FROM THE STATE THIS YEAR.

SO AGAIN, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THIS.

OKAY. THE CITY MANAGER, DOCTOR WILSON ANYTHING? NO, JUST JUST A BIG APPRECIATION TO THE PARTNERSHIP.

I WAS AT A MEETING JUST TWO WEEKS AGO.

I LED A CONFERENCE WITH THE TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF SUBURBAN MIDSIZED URBAN SCHOOLS.

AND THE NUMBER ONE QUESTION THAT THE LEADERS AT THOSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAD WAS, HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU WORK RELATIONSHIPS IN YOUR CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES WHEN YOU'RE BOTH GROWING TOGETHER? YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET INTO ALL THOSE DIFFERENT PIECES AND IT'S LIKE, WE HAVE THIS REALLY GOOD FOUNDATION BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT'S ABOUT TO EXPLODE WEST OF I-35 AND WE'RE ALL GOING TO WE'RE ALL GOING TO HAVE TO PUT OUR CREATIVITY HATS ON WHENEVER THAT HITS HERE.

AND THOSE THINGS START COMING TO PASS, BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MOVE TO DENTON COUNTY, AND IT'S GOING TO BE SECOND FASTEST GROWING COUNTY IN THE COUNTRY.

PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO BRING ROADS, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BRING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BRING CLASSROOMS WITH THEM.

AND WE ALL HAVE TO BE MINDFUL THAT THERE AREN'T ANY OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE INEXPENSIVE.

AND WHEN THEY WHEN THEY BRING THOSE, WHILE THE NEW GROWTH MAY PAY FOR SOME OF THAT, IT DOESN'T ALWAYS PAY FOR IT IN THE BEGINNING.